page_title: Tropical cyclones in 2016
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: Tropical cyclones in 2016 / Systems / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Hurricane Gaston (07L) in the central Atlantic Ocean
context_page_description: During 2016, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 143 tropical cyclones had formed this year. 90 of which had been named by either a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center or a Tropical Cyclone Warning Center. The most active basin in 2016 was the Western Pacific, which documented 26 named systems.
  The strongest of these tropical cyclones was Cyclone Winston, which strengthened to a minimum barometric pressure of 884 mbar before striking Fiji. The costliest and deadliest tropical cyclone in 2016 was Hurricane Matthew, which impacted Haiti, Cuba, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, causing US$15.09 billion in damage. Matthew killed 603 people; 546 in Haiti, 47 in United States, 4 in Cuba and Dominican Republic, and 1 in Colombia and St. Vincent.
caption: Hurricane Gaston
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